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Record Labels Vow to Fight Belgian Copy-Protected CD Lawsuit

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on January 6, 2004 - 4:12am.
Brussels -- A number of the biggest music companies in the world this week vowed to fight a multi-million-dollar lawsuit filed against them by the notoriously feisty consumer group Test-Achats. The Belgian group filed the suit against EMI, Universal Music, Sony Music and BMG earlier this week after receiving hundreds of complaints that the companies' copy-protection schemes had prevented some audio CDs from being played on PCs and car stereos. In a statement, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry defended its members' practices, saying that European law clearly stipulates that record companies "have the right to protect their works through technical means".
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